Suppose you are going to form a committee of students and faculty. You have 12 total students and 16 total faculty to pick from. You want to have 7 total people on the committee. What is the probability that you select 2 students and 5 faculty, in that order? Enter your answer rounded

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Suppose you are going to form a committee of students and faculty. You have 12 total students and 16 total
faculty to pick from. You want to have 7 total people on the committee.
What is the probability that you select 2 students and 5 faculty, in that order? Enter your answer rounded
to three decimals.
Transcribed Image Text:Suppose you are going to form a committee of students and faculty. You have 12 total students and 16 total faculty to pick from. You want to have 7 total people on the committee. What is the probability that you select 2 students and 5 faculty, in that order? Enter your answer rounded to three decimals.
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This is wrong because to use the combination notation of nCr, you need to not have order required. Order is required per the inital question. Thanks for helping me miss the question and waste my money. 

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